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> Exotic alignment such as trying to align equal signs on different lines together doesn't make sense

It makes a lot of sense in some situations and makes the code much more readable. A long list of declarations, configuration options, or a pattern matching block with many short cases can look a lot less chaotic when you align them. Of course it should be done in moderation. And as someone already mentioned, for things like block selection and editing it makes quite a difference.



Only if my compulsive hitting of the auto-formatting tool doesn't immediately break it.




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